Why did you start?????
08-17-2008, 07:37 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Winnipeg MB Canada
Posts: 1,094
RE: Why did you start?????
I hunted with a rifle and muzzleloader b4 bow. I started bow hunting to extend my seasons. Now I bowhunt more than anything else. I can practice in my yard with my bow.
08-17-2008, 07:37 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Hortonville, Wisconsin
Posts: 1,456
RE: Why did you start?????
well first it was for me to be able to spend time with my family after a while my brother went to iraq and my dad stopped bow hunting and it was a time to spend time with friends and be out in the woods as much as i can. and i can always use a competition gun hunting is way to easy
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08-17-2008, 07:45 PM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Suffolk Co. NY/Schuylkill Co. PA
Posts: 192
RE: Why did you start?????
I started because of my dad, he hunted with friends and family and as I was old enough I began to tag along. Shot my first bunnies in 1975 at 13, missed my first deer with the bow at 14
, got my first deerwith thebow andgunat 16.
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[/align]Through the years there have been ups and downs in my desire to hunt, mosthave had to do with the people or the lack ofthem to enjoy it all with. The thrill of the hunt the stories and the laughs theyare the best part of hunting. Most of the old crew is gone or unable to hunt their kids never took to the sport, and my dad is to old to hunt any longer. So now it is just me as I have yet to find a true hunting partner.
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[/align]Through the years there have been ups and downs in my desire to hunt, mosthave had to do with the people or the lack ofthem to enjoy it all with. The thrill of the hunt the stories and the laughs theyare the best part of hunting. Most of the old crew is gone or unable to hunt their kids never took to the sport, and my dad is to old to hunt any longer. So now it is just me as I have yet to find a true hunting partner.
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08-17-2008, 07:54 PM
#19
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Why did you start?????
I went to an Army acquaintances house one night for dinner. He had a bow, conversation led to try a few shots. It was a recurve. I just liked it immediately and bought a Damon Howitt the next day.
08-17-2008, 07:59 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,784
RE: Why did you start?????
I started shooting a bow around age 10 or 11. Just target shooting for fun with a recurve. At age 12 I took my hunters safety course and started gun hunting that fall. I believe I was 14 when my parents bought me a Black Bear compound bow for Christmas. The year after that I started bow hunting. None of my family bow hunted but I consider my grandfather as the person that put the idea in my head. He was a very successful gun hunter and I remember him telling me how taking an animal with a bow was even more challenging. That is what inspired me to pursue it.